Port Said Riots Leave 27 Dead, Military Called In

Violence in Egypt spread and escalated, Saturday, with twenty-seven being killed, in Port Said.

Military forces are being sent in, to try and regain control.

The violence reignited when a court sentenced twenty-one people to death, for their parts in a brawl, last February.

Last year's brawl was sparked at a soccer match, in the end, seventy-four people had died.

Almost immediately, after the verdict, two police officers were gunned down by a mob which tried to break into the jail, where the twenty-one are being held.

As the angry mob grew, so did the violence, as they clashed with security forces.

At least three and thirty people were injured, while the crowd's message expanded to general anger against the government and the Muslim Brotherhood.